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Shows & fairs, 1930

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Coolamon’s Ambulance Effort. Fancy Fair and Carnival

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

Although the attendance was not large last night at the Fancy Fair and Carnival, organised in aid of the Wagga Ambulance, good business was…

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Presbyterian Flower Show

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

The "heavy man" competition run in connection with the recent Presbyterian Flower Show was won by Mr. Jack O'Brien, of Stanbridge, with…

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Adelong Methodist Flower Show and Sale of Work

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

The Methodist of Adelong are holding their annual Flower Show and Sale of Work this afternoon and night, to-morrow afternoon and…

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Ganmain News A. and P. Association. Improvements to Show Ground

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the committee of the Ganmain A. and P. Association was held on Saturday afternoon last, the principal business being the receival…

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St. Luke's Annual Fair

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 4

One of the eventS that are annually looked forward to is the fair of the Sewing Guild connected with St. Luke's Church, South Wagga. The members…

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Tennis Country Carnival to Take Place in New Year

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 24

The annual Country tennis carnival is to take place at Rushcutter's Bay courts from January 6 to 17. The programmes and entry forms…

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A Battle of Flowers the Flower Show

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 2

We’ve all heard of flowery ages flowery kingdoms, flowery beer, the flowers of springy etc., not to me the innumerable blooms and bloomers…

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Annual Flower Snow and Fair. Attractive Exhibition

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

The annual Flower Show and Pair, in connection with the Chu0rch of England, opened on Thursday in St. John's Hall, produce one of…

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Presbyterian Carnival

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

The Presbyterian Christmas Carnival will take place on the Night Tennis Courts on Friday, November 28. Entries for a Mixed Doubles…

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Lockhart Show. When Will a Settlement Be Made. Prize-winners Concerned

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 2

Prize-winners and others interested in the Lockhart A. and P. Society's operations are asking when a settlement Js to be made…

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Hospital Appeal. Special Committee Meets Soldiers Offer to Conduct Carnival

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the special citizens, committee appointed at a recent public meeting to consider means of raising funds for the Wagga District…

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Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association Flower Show to Be Held on November 21

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the Rural School Parents and Citizens' Association was held last night. The vice-president (Mr. W. F. Wenk) presided over a…

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Ambulance Carnival. the Boxing

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 2

At the Ambulance Fancy Fair and Carnival continued in Furner’s Hall on Friday last, the boxing bouts again proved very popular…

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Show Associations Of South and West Annual Meeting

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 November 1930 · page 6

Mr. W. A. O'Neill (president) of Cowra, choired the meeting of delegates from the Southern and Western Show Associations at…

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Humula Flower Show Successful Exhibition

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 November 1930 · page 8

The first flower show and bazaar was held at Humula recently by the newly-formed branch of the Church Women's Guild, with Miss L…

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Australian Portraits London Exhibition London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 2

Portraits of Misses Beryl Collins and Dorothea Darvall, of Sydney, by Marion Jones, a Victorian artist, are hung on the line at the Royal Society…

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Our Neighbours' Doings Youngyoung Show Dates

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 1

When Young withdrew from the sequence of spring shows to hold an autumn show Harden-Murrumburrah hopped in and filled the vacant dates…

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Flower Show For Literary Institute Big Success

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 3

Annual flower shows were once a popular means of raising money in Cootamundra. it is some years since we have had…

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"Instrument of Torture" a Puppet Show London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 November 1930 · page 1

What is termed "the most awful among medieval instruments of torture" is stored at the Castle of Nuremburg. It is the "iron virgin," the…

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Methodist Fair

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 November 1930 · page 2

The forthcoming Concert in aid of the Methodist Christmas tree and continental, is the first public appearance of the Young people's Gutld .A…

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